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Denarius - Clodius Albinus GEN LVG COS II, Genius of Lugdunum
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Lugdunum |
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| Year | 195-197 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The Genius of Lugdunum depicted as a turreted and draped female figure standing facing, head turned to the left, holding a sceptre in the right hand and a cornucopiae in the left hand. At the feet of the figure, an eagle stands to the left, a symbol closely associated with the city of Lugdunum (modern Lyon). The reverse legend GEN LVG COS II flanks and surrounds the central design, referencing both the guardian spirit of the city and Albinus's second consulship. |
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| Mintage | ND (195-197) |
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Clodius Albinus held Lugdunum as his western power base during his bid against Septimius Severus, and this coin belongs to that final, desperate phase of his rule — struck at the city's own mint as he consolidated Gallic and British support. The second consulship invoked in the legend was itself a political fiction, granted by Severus as a concession to buy time before the two men's inevitable confrontation.
Severus destroyed Lugdunum after defeating Albinus at the Battle of Lugdunum in February 197, reportedly the bloodiest engagement in the civil wars of that generation. The mint did not long outlast its patron.